My name is Ian Urbina. I am with The Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States, and I'm working on a magazine story about labor issues and other crimes at sea on Chinese vessels. We are reaching out to request a comment from Rongcheng Xinfa Aquatic Food Co., Ltd., in response to the statement below concerning the Lu Rong Yu 2682, which we mention in the story.

Court documents from the Intermediate People's Court of Weihai City, and reporting by Esquire China, indicate the following about a mutiny on the Lu Rong Yu 2682 in 2011: The captain…